WOF 181: J.R.R. Tolkien, Master Evangelist

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The great novelist, J.R.R. Tolkien, has enchanted generations of readers with his Hobbitand Lord of the Rings, and is the subject of a new feature film, titled Tolkien. But in today’s episode, Bishop Barron talks about Tolkien’s Catholic faith, which was mostly absent in the new film, but critical to his upbringing and his stories of Middle-earth.

A listener asks what he should if he’s unable to find a spiritual director.

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Articles Mentioned

Books Mentioned

The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in The Lord of the Rings by Fleming Rutledge
Tolkien: Man and Myth by Joseph Pearce
Bilbo’s Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning of The Hobbit by Joseph Pearce
Frodo’s Journey: Discover the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings by Joseph Pearce

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vott. I'm the host of the show. I'm also the
0:09.7	content director here at Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. And joining me right in the midst of
0:15.4	confirmation season is his excellency Bishop Robert Barron. Bishop Barron, good to talk with you.
0:20.3	Hey Brandon, good morning. Always good to see you. I'm talking to you.
0:23.0	You as well. Lots going on in your life right now. I know confirmations seems like almost every
0:28.4	other day, how have those been going? Good. You know, last week at one point we had eight
0:32.8	confirmations in seven days. And so it's including I think it was six on the weekend, you know, so
0:40.4	there are a lot. I like confirmations. I really do. In LA, we do them all at once. We do them in the
0:46.4	two months following Easter basically. So there's something good about that because they're all in
0:51.5	that kind of Easter time. And you get them finished. You know, the drawback is that there's so many
0:57.0	all at once. Tonight I'm going down to a great parish in my region in Oxnard where it's largely
1:03.0	Hispanic. So I'll be all in Spanish tonight. And I have a homo wave that I still don't have quite
1:08.3	the confidence to just get up and do it spontaneously. I have it written out, you know. So but I
1:13.4	recent point where I can now I walk out toward the people, but I'm still holding my notes in my hand.
1:17.7	So I use those. But that'll be tonight. And I've got I think it's six this coming weekend, you know.
1:22.8	How many total do you have? Have you tallyed them all up?
1:25.6	Well, I do about 36 or seven a year. So, you know, times four now, so what are you like, 140 or 150
1:32.8	something. And then each one, the average is probably 60 or 70 kids per so I don't know how many
1:39.7	that was 140 times 70. Let's say, would be the number of kids I've and adults who that I've confirmed.
1:46.4	Wow. Remarkable. But it's a joy. You know, I like it.
1:49.6	Last week, we talked about the new book, Letter to a suffering church. So if you missed that,
1:54.5	be sure to go listen to that episode. You can get your copy of the book for free at wordonfireshow.com
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